Quiz 4

Question 1

What is the difference between a art song and a aura?

Answer 1

Aura is a song from an opera and art song is a song for voice and piano

Question 2

What is a art song?

Answer 2

A musical composition typically for a voice and piano in the classical traditional

Question 3

What is vocalize?

Answer 3

Exercise for the voice

Question 4

What it the German version of art song?

Answer 4

Lieder

Question 5

What is the Russian version for art song?

Answer 5

Romance

Question 6

What is the French version for art song?

Answer 6

Melode

Question 7

What is jazz?

Answer 7

A genre of music that originated in the USA in the late 19th and early 20th century

Question 8

When did jazz begin?

Answer 8

Late 19th century and early 20th century

Question 9

What does jazz make heavy use of?

Answer 9

Improvisation

Question 10

What is known as one of the most American art form?

Answer 10

Jazz

Question 11

What is rag time?

Answer 11

It is characterized by syncopated or a “ragged” rhythm it began as dance music in the “red light district” or New Orleans and st. Louis

Question 12

When was ragtime a popular genre?

Answer 12

1895-1918

Question 13

Who was one of the most famous ragtime composers?

Answer 13

Scott Joplin

Question 14

Who was Scott Joplin?

Answer 14

An African American composer and pianist

Question 15

What is a popular ragtime by Scott Joplin?

Answer 15

Maple leaf rag

Question 16

What is Scott Joplin said to be the American equivalent too?

Answer 16

American equivalent to Mozart

Question 17

What also influenced jazz instead of ragtime?

Answer 17

Spirituals

Question 18

What Louis Armstrong nickname?

Answer 18

Sachmo

Question 19

What is a popular song by Louis Armstrong?

Answer 19

What a wonderful world

Question 20

Who was Louis Armstrong?

Answer 20

A African American jazz sing and trumpet player and influential figure in jazz music

Question 21

What are Louis Armstrong dates?

Answer 21

1901-1971

Question 22

Where was Louis Armstrong born?

Answer 22

New Orleans

Question 23

Who was known for singing with Louis Armstrong?

Answer 23

Ella Fitzgerald

Question 24

What was Louis Armstrong known for doing when singing?

Answer 24

Scatting

Question 25

Who is George Gershwin?

Answer 25

An Jewish American composer and song plugger

Question 26

What was George Gershwin’s dates?

Answer 26

1898-1937

Question 27

What established George Gershwin as a great composer?

Answer 27

Rhapsody in blue (1924)

Question 28

What is the well known opera by George Gershwin?

Answer 28

Porgy and Bess (1934)

Question 29

What was porgy and Bess?

Answer 29

A opera by George Gershwin and it was a folktale and American tale in a fictional place

Question 30

What is Leontyne price?

Answer 30

A soprano born in laurel, MS

Question 31

When was Leontyne price born?

Answer 31

1927

Question 32

Who is William warfield?

Answer 32

A bass baritone born in Arkansas

Question 33

What is a cabaret?

Answer 33

A type of entertainment featuring song, dance, recitation, or drama....associated with nightclubs originating in 1881 with French cabaret

Question 34

Where is cell block tango from?

Answer 34

The musical

Question 35

Who is Edith Piaf?

Answer 35

A French cabaret singer

Question 36

What was Edith Piaf’s nickname?

Answer 36

The little sparrow or the voice of France

Question 37

What was Edith piaf’s dates?

Answer 37

1915-1963

Question 38

Who was cole porter?

Answer 38

An American composer and song writer

Question 39

What was cole porter’s dates?

Answer 39

1891-1964